Monthly Archives: November 2017

A Puritan Theory of Racism

Posted on November 25, 2017 by David Roman

(Updated May 28, 2020) The Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek often jokes about the paradoxical nature of American progressive racism by using the example of the Native Americans. If these Americans, Native, are uniquely connected to Nature then, he wonders, does … Continue reading →

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Una buena excusa para sacar banderas europeas

Posted on November 19, 2017 by David Roman

Esta foto, que llegó a la portada de algún periódico español, se ha convertido en quizá la peor imagen posible para el nacionalismo catalán: Son niños pequeños que parecen estar bloqueando una autopista. Niños, prácticamente bebés. Es difícil imaginar algo … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Misconceptions about Catalonia

Posted on November 8, 2017 by David Roman

This is a blog about propaganda, so it’s only natural that we look at how propaganda distorts current events, and the separatist crisis in Catalonia remains pretty current; as always, I will try to steer clear from politics as commonly … Continue reading →

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Recuerdos de mi visita al Ministerio de la Verdad de Cataluña: TV3

Posted on November 6, 2017 by David Roman

(Actualizado el 5 de Noviembre de 2020) Hace ahora cuatro años que fui a Barcelona a reportar un artículo que planeaba escribir sobre TV3, que acabó resultando el más controvertido de mi carrera periodística (y lo dice alguien que entrevistó … Continue reading →

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James Salter: the Writer’s Writer who betrayed all Writers (2)

Posted on November 4, 2017 by David Roman

I discussed how Salter achieved greatness in a previous post. This is about how he betrayed his gifts and fellow writers, and even literature, in his later years. After The Hunters (1957) and the similarly-themed The Arm of Flesh (1961), … Continue reading →

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